Report from federal government says climate change is here and now

Tuesday

May 6, 2014 at 12:12 PMMay 6, 2014 at 2:48 PM

It won’t matter much to die-hard professional denialists, but Americans whose heads aren’t buried in the sand might well be influenced by a massive new report from the federal government on climate change.

The 800-page report makes clear that global warming has profound implications for the lifestyles of Americans and almost everyone else on the planet. The effects increasingly will impact infrastructure, agriculture, human health and access to water.

Cornell University Professor David Wolfe says the report shows that the country is “beginning to move beyond the debate about whether climate change is real or not, and really getting down to rolling up our sleeves” and addressing it.

There’s more on all of this HERE.

It won’t matter much to die-hard professional denialists, but Americans whose heads aren’t buried in the sand might well be influenced by a massive new report from the federal government on climate change.

The 800-page report makes clear that global warming has profound implications for the lifestyles of Americans and almost everyone else on the planet. The effects increasingly will impact infrastructure, agriculture, human health and access to water.

Cornell University Professor David Wolfe says the report shows that the country is “beginning to move beyond the debate about whether climate change is real or not, and really getting down to rolling up our sleeves” and addressing it.